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Why Darrell Bevell felt 'helpless' watching Detroit Lions' blowout loss from home

Only in 2020 can a healthy NFL head coach be forced to watch his team play from home while his family is in the stands cheering on his team.

That's what happened to interim Detroit Lions head coach Darrell Bevell on Saturday, when he spent the final day of his five-day COVID-19-related quarantine watching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers dismantle the Lions from his metro Detroit home while his wife and two of his daughters were at Ford Field.

"One of them wanted to stay, my 16-year-old," Bevell said Monday. "She felt like someone needed to be with Dad, and I really sent the other ones.